TG-SMM-2013
STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONCERN CSRI ELEKTROPRIBOR, JSC
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEODESY (IAG)

IAG SYMPOSIUM ON TERRESTRIAL GRAVIMETRY:STATIC AND MOBILE MEASUREMENTS
17-20 September 2013
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Co-sponsored by:

RUSSIAN FOUNDATION FOR BASIC RESEARCHCOMMITTEE FOR SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION OF SAINT PETERSBURG GOVERNMENTYou are invited you to take part in the IAG Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static andMobile Measurements (TG-SMM2013). The Symposium will be held on September 17-20, 2013 atthe State Research Center of the Russian Federation – Сoncern CSRI Elektropribor, JSC.
TOPICSThe Symposium topics include:• instrumentation and methods for absolute and relative measurement of gravity fields, staticand mobile measurements and their application to shipborne, airborne platforms (planes, helicopters,airships) and other mobile platforms;• absolute ballistic gravimeters (including those based on the use of cold atoms), relative
gravimeters of all types including superconducting gravimeters;• gravity gradiometers;• new results of measurement of gravity networks and the coverage of new regions;• metrology issues in gravimetry, the results of the comparisons of absolute gravimeters,application of gravity measurements in metrology;• standardization and databases of absolute measurements of the gravity field;• gravitational experiments.
The following topics are especially welcome for presentation at the Symposium:• new technologies and applications of gravity measurements such as planetary absolute andrelative gravimetry;• links between satellite and terrestrial or planetary gravity measurements;• possible applications of terrestrial gravimetry in combination with GPS/GLONASS
technologies;• gravimetry applications in navigation.
The Symposium languages are English and Russian. Simultaneous translation from Russian into
English and from English into Russian is provided.

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The Symposium program includes plenary and poster papers. Presentation of plenary papers(including discussion) should be no longer than 20 min. The authors of poster papers at the plenary
session are given 3 min to present the main idea of the paper with 1-2 slides, if any; further
discussion will continue at the posters.
The book of abstracts in English and Russian will be published by the beginning of Symposiumand distributed at the registration.
The Symposium proceedings (full texts of plenary and poster papers) will be published after theSymposium, in English only.
Abstracts in English up to of 2,000 printed characters should be submitted online via theConference Management System CoMS-Elektropribor http://comsep.ru
Abstracts should be prepared according to the guidelines provided at the Symposium website,and should contain names, countries, organizations of all the authors, and e-mail, phone and fax
numbers of the contact person.
Abstracts not complying with the above requirements will not be considered by the ScientificCommittee.
Paper files should also be submitted via CoMS-Elektropribor.
Abstracts and papers are not accepted by e-mail.
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Chairman – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences,Prof. Vladimir Peshekhonov – Russia
Vice-chairman – Prof. Urs Marti- Switzerland
Members:
Prof. Matthias Becker– Germany
Prof. Sylvain Bonvalot– FranceDr. Herbert Wilmes– Germany
Dr. Leonid Vitushkin– Russia
Dr. Iskander Gayazov– Russia
Prof. Christopher Jekeli – USA
Prof. Iginio Marson– Italy
Dr. Jaakko Mäkinen– Finland
Dr. Maria Cristina Pacino – Argentina
Prof. Rene Forsberg– DenmarkProf. Olivier Francis– Luxembourg
Prof. Hideo Hanada– Japan
Dr. Mikhail Shkatov– Russia

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chairman:

Dr. Alexander Sokolov – Russia

Vice-chairmen -Dr. Leonid Vitushkin – Russia
Margarita Grishina – Russia

Members:

Prof. Vyacheslav Koneshov – Russia
Anton Krasnov– Russia
Dr. Evgenii Krivtsov– Russia
Dr. Vladimir Lygin– Russia
Dr. Mikhail Shkatov– Russia

IMPORTANT DATES218 January 2013 – deadline for abstract submission.
1 April 2013 – accepted papers listed on the Symposium website.
15 April 2013 – the Symposium preliminary program available on the website.
By 16 August 2013 – Registration Forms can be filled in on the website.
18 October 2013 – deadline for submission of papers to be published in Symposium proceedings.
REGISTRATION FEE
The registration fee is $500 if paid before 16 August 2013 and $550 if paid after 16 August 2013.
For students and postgraduates the registration fee is reduced to 50%: $250 and $275,respectively.
The registration fee includes: participation in the Symposium, a copy of an abstract book (beforethe Symposium), a copy of the Proceedings (after the Symposium), lunches, coffee breaks during
three Symposium days, drink reception on the first day.
CULTURAL PROGRAM
On September 19 the sight-seeing tour of Saint Petersburg will be arranged at extra cost.
Full information about the Symposium, including the preliminary program, the schedule, theregistration form of a participant, the instructions on preparing a paper, the sample paper, etc., isavailable at the Symposium website:
http://www.elektropribor.spb.ru/tgsmm2013/eindex
Please visit the Symposium website regularly for the latest updates.
We look forward to welcome you at the Symposium.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Concern CSRI Elektropribor, JSC
30, Malaya Posadskaya str., Saint Petersburg, 197046, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 499-81-18 – translators of the working group
Fax: (812) 232-33-76
E-mail: tgsmm2013@eprib.ru
http://www.elektropribor.spb.ru/tgsmm2013/eindex
P.S. Please forward the Symposium information to everyone who might be interested.

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